''Pyramidella minor'' is a species of

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, a

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mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyramidella minor (E. A. Smith, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820817 on 2022-07-16

Distribution

The type specimen of this marine species was found off

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, South Africa.

References

External links

Smith, E. A. (1904). On a collection of marine shells from Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Journal of Malacology. 11 (2): 21-44, pls 2-3.

Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. i>Annals of the South African Museum 47(1): 1-199
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1904 {{Pyramidellidae-stub